Hod support



NOV. 20, 1951 F, D1 Dlo 2,575,617

HOD SUPPORT Filed Sept. 14, 1948 j INVENTOR.

ATTE RN EY Patented Nov. 20, 1951 HOD SUPPORT Fioreornello Di Dio, Lynn, Mass.

Application September 14, 1948, Serial No. 49,265 3 claims. (ci. 24a- 149) The object of the invention is to provide a dey vice which may be readily set up to serve as a support for hods, such as are used for carrying bricks, mortar, etc.; to provide a device of this character in which the rest for the body of the hod is adjustable both as to angle of divergence of the sides as well as height; to provide a hod rest equipped with a handle seat or support in which the hod handle may be positioned, to maintain the hod on the rest; and generally to provide a device of this character which is of simple form, unlikely to suffer disarrangement of its parts in use, and susceptible of cheap manufacture.

With this object in view, the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the invention, showing the hod supported thereby;

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the structure of Figure l with the hod omitted.

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the invention in folded or collapsed position, as when it is to be transported;

Figure 4 is a detailed perspective view of the upper end of the supporting column;

Figure 5 is a perspective View of the handled set or rest; and

Figure 6 is a perspective View of one of the supporting legs.

The thrust plate I which carries the hod supporting ledges I I is set at a slight inclination from the axis of the stem i2 to which it is secured by welding at the upper end of the stem and by a spacer or foot I3 welded both to it and to the stem.

The stem, in use, is received in a tubular standard I4 upstanding from a base I5 and when set up is maintained in upright position by several adjustable legs pivotally connected to the standards at their upper ends through the instrumentality of bolts I which span spaced ears I6 consisting of plates welded to diametrically opposite sides of the standard and parallel with each other and additional plates IGA welded to one of the plates I6 at right angles to the same.

The legs consist of the telescoping sections I'I and I8, so that they may be made adjustable as to length and, a specific length having been selected, that length is maintained by bolts I9 passing diametrically through the sections, the section Il having holes 2spaced along its length for the selective reception of the bolt I9.

Each of the legs, on the section I8, is provided with a foot 2I consisting of an angle welded to the section at the latters extremity.

Obviously, the pivotal mounting oi the legs enables the standard to be maintained in its upright position by the proper setting of the legs after adjustment.

The thrust plate I0 is formed with holes 22,

so arranged that the supporting ledges I I consisting of angle irons, secured by bolts 23, may be selectively positioned on the thrust plate both as to height and angle of divergence to accord with the angle of divergence of the sides of the hod used.

Pivotally mounted between ears 23 on the base I is a channel member 2G, transversely partitioned, as at 25, with the forward flanges spanned, as at 26, thus providing a series of seats for the selective reception of the lower end of the handle 2l of the hod 28.

If the angles II be elevated or raised on the thrust plate, the closed end of the hod will likewise be raised and the handle 2l will occupy a seat in the channel 24 nearer the pivot point than formerly. Thus, with a specific hod, its angle of inclination for lling may in such manner be adjusted. Likewise, with a specific setting of the angles or ledges I I, any variation in handle lengths of different hods will be compensated for by the selective use of the handle seats.

It is obvious that in charging of the hod, therefore, it will be held in substantially rigid position.

The upper end of the standard is slotted as indicated at 29 and when the stem I2 is inserted in the standard, the spacer I3 enters said slot and rests upon one of the plates I6. The stem is thus precluded from angular or turning movement in the standard and the thrust plate thereby retained in fixed position with respect to the standard.

When not in use, the thrust plate may, if desired, be disassembled from the standard by withdrawing its stem from the latter, or it may be allowed to remain in the standard, and the legs folding down against the latter after adjustment to reduce them in length to the length of the standard.V The channel may then Ibe folded back against the standard and all held in such a collapsed relation by a chain or similar device 30 placed around them.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A hod rest comprising a thrust plate, a supporting standard for said thrust plate, a base on which the standard is mounted, divergent ledges on the thrust plate constituting a seat for a hod,

and a handle rest carried by the base, and consisting of a channel transversely partitioned to provide a series of seats in which the handle may be selectively received.

2. A hod support comprising a standard, a thrust plate supported at the upper end of the standard, a base carrying the standard, a pair of ledges removably secured to the thrust plate and selectively attachable to the latter at varying points in the height of the same, and a handle rest carried by the base and having a series of seats in which a hod handle is selectively received when the hod is carried by said ledges.

3. A hod rest comprising a thrust plate, a standard carrying the thrust plate, a base carrying the standard, bracing legs pivotally connect Number 4 ed with the standard, and a channel pivotally connected with the base, the thrust plate having selectively positionable hod supporting ledges, and the channel being transversely partitioned to provide a series of handle seats.

FIOREORNELLO DI DIO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date 1,000,284 Moore Aug. 8, 1911 1,810,726 Pierce June 16, 1941 

